Introduction. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that between 1 039 000 and 1 185 000 people in the USA are infected with HIV, and approximately 75% are aware of their infection and 25% are not.
February 18, 2010 â Editor's note: Pediatric respiratory emergencies result from a variety of causes, including chronic medical conditions, infections, allergic reactions, and obstruction from foreign bodies.
For children under 5, acute respiratory illnesses are the leading cause of death in the infectious disease category. Most of these deaths are due to lower respiratory infections-pneumonia, influenza, bronchitis, bronchiolitis-caused by common microbes with worldwide distributions.